Updated: Gunman kills 8, wounds 7 at Allen Premium Outlets before being killed by officer
At a news conference late Saturday, Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said of nine people hospitalized, two later died, three were in critical condition and four others were stable. No additional information about the victims was released, but a statement from Medical City Healthcare said the hospital system had received eight victims ranging from age 5 to 61.
Shortly after 5 p.m., hundreds of people could be seen leaving the mall in footage from a news helicopter, many of them with their hands up. Outside an H&M store, at least four white tarps could be seen beside what appeared to be blood on the concrete. Once he saw all the people, he said he went back to his home and grabbed cases of water from his garage along with an ice chest from his neighbor.Pictures from the scene of a shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mallBobby and Deirdra Gordon, husband and wife from Arkansas, had just walked into the Banana Republic when the shooting took place. Deirdra Gordon said “all of a sudden you heard ‘pow pow pow.
Shortly before 7 p.m., about 200 people were still waiting across the street from the mall. Law enforcement told people it would be a long time before they could retrieve their cars.
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